Saliva collector for smoking equipment



S. RACKMALES SALIVA COLLECTOR FOR SMOKING EQUIPMENT Filed March 14, 1927 4. v 51mm 6', FaaX ma/es Patented Jan. 31, 1928.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL RAGKMALES, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SALIVA COLLECTOR FOR SMOKING EQUIPMENT.

Application filed March 14, 1927. Serial No. 175,315.

The invention aims to provide an extreme ly simple and inexpensive, yet an eliicient and desirable device for use in smoking equipment, such as a pipe, a cigar holder or a cigarette holder, for the purpose of col lecting saliva which would otherwise run to the tobacco, with the well known disadvantages,

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section showing one form of construction.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of a portion of the construction shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view through a portion of the stem and the saliva collector therein.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on line 4 4: of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation partly in section showing a different form of construc- 20 tion.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary side elevation partly in section, showing a still further form of construction.

In the drawing above briefly described,

the numeral 7 designates a tube open from end to end and adapted for central disposition in a passage 8 of smoking equipment, for instance, a pipe or a holder for a cigar or cigarette. At spaced points, the

tube 7 is formed with annular outstanding flanges 9 which are adapted to engage the inner side of the passage 8, coacting therewith in forming pockets 10 to receive saliva. At suitable points, the lower side of the tube is formed with openings 11, to conduct all saliva running down the tube 7 into the pockets 10, thus preventing such saliva from reaching the tobacco.

The tube 7 may be integral with a mouthpiece 12, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, may fit with '4 in the mouth-piece as indicated at 12 in Fig. 5, or may have a socket 7 a formed on its outer end, to receive the front end of a mouth piece 12*, as disclosed in Fig. 6. Moreover, the saliva collecting device may be either straight or curved, according to the design of tpe pipe or the like with which it is to be usec.

Regardless of such variations as those depicted in the three forms of the invention herein disclosed, the device will be highly efficient to collect the saliva and to effectively clean out the passage 8 when outwardly pulled therefrom. Attention is also invited to the fact that the device permits free, uninterrupted passage of the smoke from'the fire to the mouth, instead of necessitating a tortuous course such as a number of somewhat analogous devices heretofore produced.

If desired, the lower side of the tube 7 may be cut away somewhat at the openings 11, as shown at 11 in Figs. 1 to 4, thus somewhat increasing the size of the saliva pocketslO and permitting the saliva to more readily run into said pockets when they become almost filled.

I claim:

In smoking equipment, a saliva collector for disposition in a passage, said collector comprising a tube open from end to end to conduct the smoke uninterruptedly, and annular flanges projecting outwardly from said tube at longitudinally spaced points, said flanges being adapted to engage the passage wall to coact therewith in forming saliva collecting pockets, the lower side of said tube having openings to permit all saliva running down the interior of the tube to enter said pockets.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto af- 85 fixed my signature.

SAMUEL RAOKMALES. 

